Jesus Instructs Regarding Seeking Honour Before Men

Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday Of The Thirty-First Week In Ordinary Time   Luke 14:12-14 Cultural Truths are ideas and way of doings things according to how a particular society thinks things should be and how they aught to be done. They may not be morally right or wrong, but the more important […]

Jesus and Zacchaeus

Reflection on the Gospel of the Thirty-First Sunday In Ordinary Time   Luke 19:1-10 Zacchaeus’ life was successful by worldly measure. He had an important job as Chief Tax Collector and it made him rich, but we learn from the story that he wasn’t happy and fulfilled because his riches were gained by mistreating people. […]

Jesus Heals the Man with Dropsy

Reflection on the Gospel of the Saturday Of The Thirtieth Week In Ordinary Time   Luke 14:1, 7-11 In today's gospel Jesus was invited for wedding banquet by pharisees. Jesus noticed that people came for the banquet was seeking honourable place to sit. Looking at the crowd Jesus started preaching them by using parable of […]

Jesus Chooses the Twelve Apostles

Reflection on the Gospel of the Friday Of The Thirtieth Week In Ordinary Time (Feast: St. Simon & St. Jude, Apostles)   Luke 6:12-19 Jesus was going to undertake an important task of appointing his chosen twelve apostles from the several disciples he had. So Jesus spent the night in prayer asking for divine guidance. […]

The Lament over Jerusalem

Reflection on the Gospel of the Thursday Of The Thirtieth Week In Ordinary Time   Luke 13:31-35 Verse 31 – “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.” Herod it seemed wanted to kill Jesus. Why would anyone want to kill, if a person is doing good. The answer was within Herod for […]

The Narrow Door

Reflection on the Gospel of the Wednesday Of The Thirtieth Week In Ordinary Time   Luke 13:22-30 Todays Gospel reminds me of the parable of the 5 wise and 5 foolish virgins with their oil lamps, as also of Jesus’ statement of the Last Judgement scenario of the sheep and goats. The question asked is, […]

The Parable of the Mustard Seed and Yeast

Reflection on the Gospel of the Tuesday Of The Thirtieth Week In Ordinary Time   Luke 13:18-21 The Kingdom of God is the Joy of God’s presence that comes to reside in our life. It cannot be contained, and it cannot be wrapped  and put away in a cupboard, nor hidden under a basket. It […]

Jesus Heals a Crippled Woman

Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday Of The Thirtieth Week In Ordinary Time   Luke 13:10-17 Jesus being who he is, immediately recognised the root cause of the infirmity of the woman in the synagogue who was bent for eighteen years.  While he was allowed to teach in the synagogue but was not allowed […]

The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector

Reflection on the Gospel of the Thirtieth Sunday In Ordinary Time(Mission Sunday)   Luke 18:9-14 In this simple parable, Jesus challenges those who believe that they are righteous. The Pharisee boasts of his religious and moral observance. He is one of the faithful ones. The others are no good. The tax-collector, on the other hand, […]

The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree

Reflection on the Gospel of the Saturday Of The Twenty-Ninth Week In Ordinary Time   Luke 13:1-9 There are total 60 reference in the bible on fig tree. Fig tree is mentioned in the first book and last book of the Bible. Adam and Eve made the cloth made up of fig tree leaves and […]